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l1
ofi Solomons day
Special Coricsponclcnco
ULAJVAYO Allg J5 Did tho
gold hf King Solomons tcmple
coniqufrom Rbodcbla
r 4 Some mdlci areifleologlsts
claim faiat jt dlVl Thoie UHM pilglity
ruins hoi uiii Hntabeleland which are
> said lothtivo belonged T > the ancient
iniuorb 3111 In Mashonaland aie tho
luins of sSmiUJbvvu vyhfeh may have
been built by tbe veTy men1 Who idugi
out1 that gold All over Slatabelelaml
and JIashonalnnd 1 flnd the lemalns of
ancient woiKlngs and the gpld mines
which aiQ In operation today consist
chiefly of the deepening of the excava
tions of tlio past Last > ytr more than
10000000 woith of oro was taken out
of this pait ot Aft lea und something
Ilka 40000000 vvpith has been mined
slncertho couiitiy vvas opened up Tins
Is1 far notth ot and etitiiely apart from
tlio gicat mines of the Transvaal
which aie nowylcldlngmore gold than
any othei mines ot tho wolld The1
vsoikingb tliere are on gigantic scale
consists of many un
Ilei o the mining
dieds ot small pioposltlonbnnd it ia
< hlpfly tlioj ilovelopmeiit of the deposits
dlscoveied bj tlie unknown races of the
n nclen tiptbt 1
The mlneisa rno looking f pi tho 4
old welkins aivHthev < imd that thoj
ancients usuillit abandoned theli diK
Klngs when ctlioivhndgone down only
10 tcct or so They had crude ways of
itduqlng tho oio and tome of the waste
oji tlje old dumps isjjclng worked over
I siuv out Shaft neii note vvlitch had
b < cn cleaned out ind extended mil th <
ihlneu of tpday no now continuing tho
work of thotincnoC thousands of yearb
< igo
I lin told that ncnily al ot the old
teefi aVthcyiare called gto v hotter
las they go dowmvird Thej are mostly
m ido up ot klo fft ulc1 01 o but jtich
that it can be1 worked lth small
tlinp Muqli ofth6 sold Ib nno mill
lling ind Itittkos butllttlo macliliieiv1
to uoili it I hae sfcenmills which
1 haeonlythrce stamps each and thete
tic imnyhlch aio yoiked by i couple
of hlte men arida dozen ormoie ni
tixes
f
KING SOLOMON
Iheio I oonsideiable eldence that
King feolornon gob ills gold from Soutli >
Afrlci AVhon Vnaco da Gama nist
made his ij aioiuid the Cap e of Good
Hope he found that the natives at
foofala aport in Pottuguosq East
Afrlci belo thoinoutli of the Zam
besi had goldUVhIch > cJnie tfrom the
noitlnest and probably Rhodesia Wo
tknon thiUgold a < < being taken ouUof
Atilca hundreds of jeus befoic that
time and Itl1 < ild that muclHof1 tho
ticasuieof the ancient Tlomans < as
brought fin fiomWthls hegion It It
I known tliUt > thc Ai ibiuns contiolled
tfor jens ailaigcpart oftthq < oist fit
cah coxst and much of tin goldjbup
pl wlilcli vas > pouicd intoiJvgit c Una
tluoiith thorn Some of the mlns h6io
thoe of the babitins an old
tidtlqn jind it is thought tint
thcj mu lme becji built by fevbaean
rtilncii In the dn > p of KliigSolijmon
lliu ecoids of hlstoi as rm back as
UO voti befote phitbt clteltho wealth
of the Sabaeans ind thprels an ASSM
lan inscilHIon lat tsiB G 73J which
jljeaksi otAtnbia usfunilshiig a lieh
hlbiite of gold biei and Inccnsi
Anbl i lias pi icticilh no fold itself
nd ts rlasuie must hie come fiom
othei cQuutilos
As to tlio enoimous amounts which
weie sent to jpiTUie ecoatlons
all talongj the Nile alle jthao pro
duced nmni old Oiimmcnts and itlie >
ipuseums pff the world contain lelics
of the golden jew ell v found in the
tminninv qaskojb fiom the tombs of
tho Ulngt AMiile I was in l pt a
months ngo I visited the great
temple oft DahrolBUilif in tlia
desert mountains K < neai the site ot
indent a licbes On that tcnipletheio
aie pictuies showing how about
1 700 veins bcfoie Christ the land
of PunUwas conquerpd bv the Ugjp
tjino and how thcj bi ought pick
obonj ostucli feUhcrs and the kins
off loop uds lions nnd glrnltis as
well as elepb nits tusksfand Ingots of
gold All thest things crtnie tfiom
nhodosla andtjlt im > be th it it was
tho land ot Euntjind that the Ls > p
tians made an efctiedltion heip It is
nbosuliUto hi tq > Iindnot Ophlr to
which King Solomon and Iliram of
l c sent out paitlts who biought
baolr Rplt
BefDic T dpscubc the leinatns of
the fanioiib lemiilos at ilmhibue in
7lshimalund I wnt to tall ou
ahout the mlns of Kb mil vhith liQ
> ithini 12 nillOs tit thib city of JJuli
wajo uirid jVjiieh aiivoho nvxi ipaMi
yyHJioip J > ic oeptrriiiitonobilftj They
aipiright on the cdgps of i ihei sm
lOlintlQd by hills in which aie Hoops
of baboons i Thoie are antelopes 1 < J
ipuib and tiUiricls among the looks
And there is no sign ol manV hnbttti
t6n neaibj Tlie icmalnsof tlie walls
of tlietanclent buildings can be seen
ill mailv places Thqv lie composed
ofgianite blocks some of which aie
laid tbgethei In a cliocUciboatd pat
toin The houses of thcso ancientb
weic tclrculai and thev seem to luie
been foinipd bv a gianito paste which
was hidened Jiv binning Theie are
the lemaiiib of other cliculir build
ings between this clt and Gwelo and
thotiulns al Jlombo am almost ab in
tciesting 4b those of Zimbabwe
THE TrMPLES OK SUTMBABWi
i
The lemims at Zimlinbwq lie about
1011 nillei > fiom Rilibbuiv and be
tween 200 mid 00 miles fiom 15ula
wavo Thev consist o a gioat temple
s mo laige toi tlfleatiqns and an
aciOols which is supposed to lunc
heon in existence when thev mines
were In full operation South of tho
tenploare steps hlch led to gold
stneltlng fiunncPs and caves und In
the museum heio at 13ulawaj > they
show cruclblrs vliluh rare fniiiid
there and wlilcli belonged to these
undents Sumo of tlio urueibies have
the gold btlll in thciii and there urn
othor relies which shovj tho old
mptlnxts ofsold working Tliere are
albo shcetf of lln6 gold wlileh eime
troni Zimbabwe links of gold wirp no
tliicker than ti Ihroid and an ingot
oC solid gold iibovt an Inch long ami
a fourth of an in n thick The ingot
ycoms u > have been a ptoct ot the
money of those days There were also
copper chains beautifully made itnd
iligolf ol tin aUhough HO far notih
flcno Hs have been discovered nearbj
The Xhnbnbwp iuln arc on tho high
plUleau > jt Mashonaland about two
thllds of a mile sibovtj the sea They
aie eonnocttyl with other inins vyhich
run tlfn vhnlct length of tlie western
side ut the Stibl vlvrjr and aie In aJinost
all CIM > S wilhln a short distance of
iiuaitz ieufsxfOJjtainlax gold At Ziin
babwo ilsulf the ruins cover a large
area Theie is ft gieat temple 2SOf feet
long the wall of which at one point
is 35 ftit high and 1C feet thick at the
base This Wall Is made of small blocks
of granite with uniform faeincs laid
UP dry The stones fit so closely that
theio l comparatively ho vegetation
upon the ruins It was made without
mortar or cement This is to notwith
standing the floor Is of a cement of
powdered granite Theie aio two round
towers In the Inelosure which seem to
havo been elected an monuments They
are solid and tba larger one is 33 feet
high The rest of the circular build
ing is divided up into smaller incios
uies and sumq scientists say that tho
whole bears evident of having been
used by people like tlie Phoenicians
Tlio remains of another temple havo
been found not far fiom this although
little moi < 3 than the eemqnt Moor exlst
ed when the excavators uncovered
them The door vas supported by un
der walls Jn its center was mi altar
made of small granite blocks and un
der the altar wsis found the remains
of Plmllln worship and fragmonts of
boapstone bowl1 Near it was a gold
smelting furnace
There isiio doubt but that there IH a
vastamountof gold in Ithodesia This
countrywhich Ls almost as bigas tho
Mississippi valley has minerals of one
kind or another scattered here and
therg over it The goldAllelds already
discoveredcovermore than 5000 sciuaro
miles and there are now more than
MO companlen and syndicates working
them Considerable copper and gold
have bscn taken out and something like
8000 tons of chrome Iron Rhodesia has
diamond mines which have already
pioduccd tibout 1800 carats of precious
stones and coal nilnes from which
00000 tons of black diamonds have
een taken The chief mineral value of
he country M > far has come from its
owgrade gold propositions which arc
nlned atismall cost The British Soiitli
Africa company Is doing what It can
to help thq small miners and by the
present laws the first license is Issued
for 1 shilling and nine others tit a
claim A single miner can rog out 10
claims 150 feet wide and COO feet long
3ach for Ilitlo more than the cost of
the licenses No royalty IH paid to tlie
company until the miners have toon
compensated for their labor and havo
had some profits on their work There
are a number of mines hern which are
being oxrntcd at a cost of 10000 pur
mine but as a rule few of the mines
pay enormous profits and tho nulck
fortunes which aio so often madcj in
our mineral regions aie not to be had
Tin MOUNTED POIIC13
Tho Britishgovernment has the prac
tical control of the natives ot this part
of Africa The country Is owned by
the South Africa company and it is
governed by an executive council ap
pointed by that company with tbu ap
pioval sOf the seeiv3tary ot state of
Croat Britain There Is also a legisla
tive council and courts appointed by
tlia government of Great Britain on
the nomination of the company The
head of the whole government Is tho
high commissioner und there Is u mili
tary police appointed Uy the crown
which Is under his control
It is a7 wonder to mo how the Brlt
lsh keep in subjection these hundreds
of thousands of natives with compar
atively few soldiers The total police
force consists of r 00 whites and GOO
nativesk The whites arc mounted and
they patuil the country just as do the
mounted police of western Canada
There aie white settlors living here
away off lii thy wilds and arc never
theless comparatively safe I met tho
other day Capt McQueen ot the
mounted police of Mashonaland He
has a territory us largo as Illinois
which ho keeps In order with 70 men
who ride on horseback frqm farmer to
farmer and bring back reports as to
the condition of tlio territory Every
European settler must be visited at
least once a month and the police
man has to get from each a written re
port as to the condition of the country
about him Said Capt McQueen
I believe Rhodesia Is almost as safe
as England and if It were not for the
lions and leopards a man might go
over It without a gun Tlio natives are
tmlct and our while settlers are a
great deal better oft than those of tho
ordinary fipjitler The conditions wil
grow < better than they now arc as tlio
country settles as I believe it wll
rapidly do
A MIDAKRICA POSTOFFICE
Speaking of the government the
British postal system has how been
carried into every part of Southern
Rhodesia and the postal runners are
taking mail as far north as tho frontier
of the Congo Free State More than
two million letters were sent last year
in and out of southern Rhodesia and
there are now something like 35 post
ofllces in the British territories above
the Zambesi river
During my stay at the end of tho
Capo to Cairo railroad I took a pho
tograph of the Broken Hill postoflice
which is now the mail station farthest
north It is more than1 2000 miles
above tlie Capo of Good Hope The
postoflice consists of a galvanized iron
shed about 15 feet wide and 30 feet
long The postmastersleeps In it and
ho distributes the mails on the arrival
of the trains About 70 bags of mail
come every week After this has been
sorted it Is carried by natives to all
parls ot the country Sixtyfour run
ners left during the day I visited the
office Fourteen of them went to the
Klshanslil copper mines which arc 2SO
miles awayand each can led a ban
weighing 50 pounds pn his head or
jack The men are expected to maKs
hat distance in 12 days Another sec
of post runners Was loaded with tlio
mall bags for Fort Jameson which v
les 300 mtles duo east ot BrpUcn Hill j
and they will reach there within 1
lays whllo a third has stnted out
for the station of MumbSva which t
100 miles westwatd At each of thcso
faraway places there rue branch loute
going out In different directions so
that almost every settler and miner
lias his regular mull Thero aio alto
gether 2SO runners to ivhotn Ilia kings
malls are Intrusted They hive bcfn
carrying them for some ycais and so
far olily one has failed to make good
The men are paid 10 shillings a month
and their rations They < arrv tUi
days food with thsni and enough cali
co Iti purchase what they nerd for tho
balance of the jnurne < ach iKIng
allowed onehalf yard a day foi eating
and lodging
While nt the postoftlce T sent a lottci
lo tie United Stales Tho postage wa
S cents and my letter will he about a
month on tho way I asiiod i j to tho
telegraph rates and wnn told that I
could usiblo lo Now York foi U7 ccntM
pr wprd A telegram which I sent
lo Livingstone the capital of noith
wostorn Uhodysla ISSO miles distan cost At vjj
me mils 2 punts which was nt least 1JJ
cents cheaper than I could hwc scut
k through tho settled portions of our
own pnuntry There nil now 1000 miles
of telegraphs in tbesn colonies and
there are M tulegraph oKIci The Af
rican tiansoontlnenun tcI tfiDph linn
has been extended northward tis far a >
UJIJI on Lake Tanganyika so Unit ono
can now send n message via tho Capo
lo tho heart of mldAfilca Thorp aip
telegraph lines running from thq TiTcdl
errnneiiu southward almost to Ugan
da and withint sbrtit tlmq Iheie will
be lion wires reaching from one eiid ot
the continent to the olhcri
NORTHERN RHODESIA
During the past few wc < l I iiave
Iwoii traveling through BarotMlaud in
northern Rhodesia r am BuiniKd at
the extent ol the conntrj arid itb pos
iblo resource1 Our gcncial idea oil
Central Africa is that It iK a low jun
glo Infested with fever Tlie tiutii is
that a vast part of tho continent H
high and healthy Algeria and Moibc
toiit lha north have ds good climate
us Italy Abyssinia Is as healthful
as almost any pait of Europe A largo
put of British East Africa consists
of plains which are more th m a mllu
above tho sea and the samp is turn
of parts of German East Afiica riuv
most ot southern nhodosla Is high and
so is a great part ofthe legion ftpm
there dmni o the CMmi of Good Hope
Tho land between tho Zambesi and
the Kongo watershed Is composed if
high plains with thq Kifuo allcjr
running through them I iode for
COO miles and more over open gias > v
plateaus spotted here find there with
ipw trees and TjrushwoQd Neaily
ttvurywlieio the land hcems fitted for
catllp and I am told that theie iu
parts of It where the natives Keep them
In large number One ot flip dangers
is the tbetsa fly which kiilh tho stock
but it may ho that this can be wipSd
out by quarantine and othei ways
In southern Rhodesia and in parts of
northern Rhodesia thoror is a spear
headed plant known as assegai guis
which killstho sheep This grass has
a sharp point with barbs extending
down toward tho ground When It
gets into lie sheeps woo it works Its
way through tho skin and finally goes
through the sheep just ras i needle
is said to travql through the humrtn
body if It Is onctf inside Thlb glass
kills the sheep but it is not injuuoub
to cattle
So far the chief towns In northwest
ern Rhodesia are Broken Hill Kal
onm and Livingstone Broken Hill Is
a mining settlement Kalonia lias been
until recently the seat of gownmnent
and it consists of the administrntho of
fices n few tin shanties and tho scat of
a branch of the Standard Bank ot
South Africa Livingstone is a Small set
tlement near Vtptoi in Fulls It contains
somo offices half a dozen stores and
hotel which Is patronized by a few ot
the white settlers of southern Rhodesia
during the hotter mouths of the vpar
Northwestern Rhodesia has all told less
than 1000 while settlors
FRANK G CARPENTER
Galling Western Reports
Special Coiiospondencc
Sept 17 There
WASHINGTON piy many develj
opments thlbsweek which have
caused tlio Republican leaders
any gieat amount of jubilation
On thu contiaiy the imports fiom some
ot tho westoin states aio even moie
gulling tlian they wciajasj week Foi
biwil has devul
instanco a politlOU
oped hi low wllic llj < i > l1 Bieut
cmbairabsment The Ynmsr Tmks
of liutt bUite had made up their nnmli
to kick over tho standpatteis or the
folluners of the sultan who In thH instance
to by Senator Dolllver
stance ilip < us
and to elect Gov Cummins fo the fen
W H Allison
alo to succeed the late
lil all this fn spilo of the piotosts ott
stnndpatters On the
tho oertlled
othVimnd tnu nl
roiled to have deplaied that they will
after
leglslatuie lint
tbo Iowa
t0 up
tlusClu
to
than submit
election lather
atioiTof Cummin who shovvs fu
political sensi in his ihillty toe
nioijj of tbe times than do the
the signs
e m 1
al
of OolllvvT Pei kins ft
folloUs thfl K nun
Ut
ftme jwis agw i
tS nV tho most Ubtuta pollt eal 0
stlvois lio uvet wiolu foi a new him
uerll a tilp thimigh Iowa saw thft
of 1volt agUubt tho high
protective iwllwlrf the Y
aiticlu foi the Mew
He uilo nn
ty
YoilJ Times I wltlch he ulvibPd the
m JSSI
SE iSris 4 s
column that
uonwcmtlc
t uiul in vS
luaullB
lea wlTTnOt bro imt by the
t hose
Bui IOWA > m a lUfht Jl
hn
and all
thit hag made so
V f
Republican slates in Us
libten lo Ilnanelal icason Cummlnb
1mb done as much in tills 000110011011 01
Iowa as tlie lato E Roscwater did for
tNebiasica in polntingfout the way for
the voters to cut theli bonds And the
iBepublican leadcis aie fearful that
should tlie contest between Cummins
Jatid tte itandpttotbtgiowal5 blttpigas
it now thicacnstobecofnp that Iowa
that loekilbbed Republican stale niay
itally open ltso > cs with the icsult
Hthat itselcctoiab > ote wild as thibtpio
dlctlo mlshCJhavelooked 10jears ago
may evoir hefound leeordcdMn the
Demociaticeolumns
Samuel Campers Case
Special Coiresponuencc
C Sept 16
WASHINGTON
Tneiu Is joy In the Republican
camp Senator Bui roughs visited
Wiibhington a few days ago Ho
talked with all ijoiU of people
Jlc talked with lawyers lie
convcised with jurists JHc oven de
scended to holding convocations with
politicians Thcii lie went back to Noiv
01 k and talkedwllli mcmbciH oflfio
national coriimittee and he can led with
him infoimiUom which lifted1 a oad
fiom thu lnlhdb of those geiilleiiiQirtlfe
estimated proisuic of which was live
tons to the square inch wliicli would
utteily eiinnblu any iciiifoieed con
ciete constiuctlon that could possibly
be put into v llooi oven twoinch
coldiblled twisted lugjiats whenuscd
fm lelnfoicejnentH would scaiccly sus
tain auch e strain
1 Senator11 Bui roughs can led back with
him tho lufoimitlon that owing to
tbo ciowded condition of tlio couir eal
emlai thai socalled contempt cases
against Samuel Gompeib otr al cannot
possibly come up for argument and
ilniil disposition until aftci election
11 Iheieus anvthing the Repubilcanfa
do not want it isa decisionon that
case bofoie the ides of November Con
sequently when Senatoi Bunouglw
Rallied bacU jvith him the information
that theie wasfno danger of ludccislon
one vxdv or the other which decision j
yhateei It mlglit beuv uld work ciii
ibiriassmont he lifted fiom the brains
of the Republican national committee
a weight which vvas < almdst asgieat as
01diAtlas htmselt evcr staggeredtundpr
Athdtli < accounts for the fact that the
countenances of Chairman Hitchcock
ami all tlui eVasjCCiated withUiimtm
longei wear that alitomoblioilace
SAMUEJ ROMPERS I BOR IEADEB IN POLITICS
Samuel Gompcrs piclldcnt ot The JVmerlcaTi rcdcratlon ot Labtn who
hub stiricd the politiealjand JnlUbttlal woildto tlie depth b > Indoislng Uiv
111 und tijlng to tliro > the oigonired Jiljpi vote to tho Democratic e null
dates vuis born in England nndwab a eigii niakci by trade Toi m my
fjcai8 however he hasjbeen internatlon ill inmous is i laboi oifeinlpr AH
head of tlie Ameriqin rcdcratlon of Ij iboi ho ib the cecutlve icpicentatlvt
oC inorc < menthxn any olhei minjoneaith Jlu Conjjwrs has foi jcirb been
urging worklnjfinen to get into politlcsas > a clas This cimphlgn howevei is
tliejlibt attcmpt Ji Gpnipgrsito put his idia lntopiactl = e on national cile
fDiFferencerin Campaigns
Special Coriespondencev
tvYASHINGTQN D C ept 1C
W Tnere is a vist difference be
tween the melhods ofi conducting tho
campaign ibotvveen tho hvo great
political paitici thH Near at
ilcaat so far as tlie AViibhingion
icnd of t ls CtfiicT riTed The
jjDpmooiats havq adopted tho hras
bond poIiCKandtir doing allthe shout
Ingup to tho piggent time Tlieyue
appalently jubilant cock > and confi
dent und overy imm who xetuins from
a tlip aqioss the Maiyland 01 Viiginia
lino copies bick with glltteiing ttoiles
if the glowing piospects of lit van and
Kein The Renubltwins on tho other
hand vvlille unite actively engaged in
sawing wood s to hpcuk aie appar
entlv pontein to peimlt theli opponents
to enjoj the music of theii w indln
stiumenl without attempting to stait
up a counteiattuutlon in political
melody Uut occasionally there ap
pears on the bcpne one who lii s no
leason to govfin his conduct hj the
wishes of either of tho managers of Ihe
gieat political paitles Among UiPe
js that tine old Confcduialo veteian
Col Huntei of Virginia who was on
the staff ot Gencial Ciindon ilining
tbo Civil Avar Coi Huntei has just
ictmned fiom Toledo Ohio wlieie he
took pait in the ceiemonies incident to
the dpdic itlon of a monumeiu to tom
memoiate tlie deotls of the Amcilcaii
in tho win ot idl neai Toledo Col
Hunteris an oldtime southern IJuino
ciat and ho does not hesitate to say
that ho will biippoit Uijnn In 100S just
as he did in 1800 and in ISM But
he added this evening 1 failed to find
that deepbealed Bi > an sentiment
ampng the Republicans of the west
which 1 had boon led to believe was
appaient in oveij cio sioads town m
the slate of Ohio T do not believe
that Ml Biyan has tho ghost of a
ehanci m imiv tin BucKpjc state any
more than 1 think Taft vill cany Vir
ginia I shall otc foi Uiyan and I
hope foi hih ilectlon bill dining my
trip thiough the west I failed to gain
anj omouimemont und r am by no
means tinthusuisth when I pvpiess the
liope tint the Xfbta l un vvlll bo elect
ed 10 tht picaidetuy
Stampede of Voters
Special Con ebpondence
D C Sept 1C
WASHINGTON
The Republican national and
congHsjjionrtl committees do not
piopose that ihb voters em
plocd In tie dopaitments licio
shall be depiived of tht piivilege
of cabling tlielr votca in the coming
election because of any lack of cffou
an thJ pau of tlii political managers
Theie nijc soimwhere between five and
ten thousand voters employed in the
departments of Washington who have
tlie right of siifirago In pi actically
dvery stale pf tlie pnion Pome ot
them of course aie loo far away from
tlielr htjniCs to thhik oC procecdlns to
tlielr legql lesldences Just for the sake
jif cisting avotcl But till ot the
northern middle vveiterri and eastern
men who desire to do so will have
facilitiesVaftorded them by which they
can exercise Ihe right of franchise For
tills purpose a committee has been or
ganized which is taking preliminary
steps towards securing every possible
facility for these voters The rail
roads have been asked to give special
rates and while not evincing any very
emphatic disposition to comply with
this request it is morn than possible
that satisfactory terms will be made
before the middle of October There
are of course a great many employes
occupying minor places in the depart
ments with small salaries to whom a
journey costing 10 or more would
pioyo a great hardship These men
will doubtless lie provided with tickets
which will enable them to go home
without cost The great difficulty
arises hoVevor from the fact that it
Is impossible for tlie department lo
spnro all voters at out time so that
nl the very best not more than two
thirds of those who are entitled to vote
will be able to gel away But every
possible effort Is being made to smooth
the pathway of every man who can
leave so that IIP may not bo deprived
of his right of franchise because ofthe
fact that he Is employed by tlio Fed
eral government In tbo District of Co
lumbia
Is a Veritable Utopia
Special Correspondence
ASHINOTOX D C Sept 16
Years ago llm bloody shirt
was frequently waived by nver
xcalous patriotic orators Last
winter Congressman J Hampton
Moort Waved n bunch of rags
spotlessly clean which IS hours
previously had been a shirt He painted
n ghastly word picture of the tortures
to whlch llnjn wcaitng upparel is sub
jected when consigned to i Washing
ton Iiiuudry The commissioners made
an investigation and found that more
acid than soup was used in some of
the cleansing1 establishments and they
prepared a bill which is still pnding
whloh Is designed to provide washing
regulations which In turn will extend
the life of shirts collars and lingerie
If this thing goes on Washington will
soon becomeNew Utopia We already
have our dogs officially muzzled The
proprietor of an eating house who lets
a fly drop into the butter Is liable to
a tine of 10 and the garbage man who
leaves the top of his wagon open may
spcnd 10 Says In jail for his cilpio Tho
milk dealer who neglects to pour all
T
tlip vvatei after linMiig bib cans ttaies
a penitential sentence In Ihe filw inj
the intet state commeice commission
is piep irli g a code which will make the
punishment fit crime In cao thoiMcc
tiic lailroad fails to fminsh a beat foi
a fare
It ii v mis Ipine inoi to own a rooster
which upvss Uefoie B M a in a high
crime to spit on tlio bidewillc and al
most a felony if ou siau i fno juneli
and Icavp a handful ot iforkjs in a glais
of dlrtj vatei available foi ypui cus
tomeis while IK Iping themselves to tbp
cold beans and suiciKriut or the
picking
Thc > tiiiestioiis arc aftiacting almost
as much attpntlon just now as tin
speeches of Mossiv Tall Ind Bijan
Loan Sharks at Capitol
Spctial Coiripundcncr
VW AbHINGlON U C Sept 17
Loan liaiKs will come in for a
gieat leil of attention duiing the next
scslou of Congie s it iiiesent plan
aie can I < d out It Ib llicioininon bcliej
In Washington that fullv 1 pii c u
of tlir balarics and wages paid lo
Undo feims emploics in the national
capital finds Us wn into the poukcl >
of the loan tornpanies and inon >
lendett CeikB who are liousckot
els In maiiv instances IMV pit HHL
a month loi the pi IV liege ut 11110
at the tables eating fiom the di lu > >
anil sleeping In tlio beds foi uhkh
thej GIRO iiald the rogulai piict anil
sulisenutnfh moitgUed riimutrlc 1
nun anil women with no culldteial
pay invwliiii fiom G to 10 ptr i < ui
pel month fm lotus laiijlng ftotn l >
to 50 and tliev generollv die 01
icblgn bcfoie Ihev succeed in gittinc
square although cases aie icoouJil
whoie piineipal and IcRltim ito mtf
est bat been jjiid five times nvei
Time aie a tiou > n mou
oilicials located in handimie
who ho well own uuto > or I
and nevei do a lick ot v orK Tliev
dont have to
On leaving his > oiuce in the inttilor
dopaitmcnt onu ot the o thiifti gen
t > nien had a bank account of about
SJOOO Ho btartqd in 10 livo upon
tint and has neve f madtj less than
150 DPI Cent on that original Invest
ment in am veir of the 10 that he
lias been In bumfs for himself
Now the municipal authorities pro
iio o < o get nftei tho tibinf > r = Tina
can do nothing until ftuihotrufetl to do
more bv Congrey but wilt tiy hard
to set that authority